Still good choice?

[Tomas58]

Hey all, I wanna buy r5 1600 but I thinking it's still a good choice since it's the only cpu which fits in my budget ( I don't look at 4 core CPU's ) 
anyway i5-8400 is better in gaming and only z370  motherboards available which is overall expensive than ryzen build.

I'll be using 1080p 60hz monitor and I'm not planning to upgrade any time soon.So 1080p stable 60fps is my goal.

I know that budget intel motherboards are probably comming next month and it still take some more time to be available in my country.With budget motherboard I can probably get i5-8400 with my current budget but I wonder if it's still worth cause I still wanna have 4x ram slots , m.2 for future which probaby won't be cheapest 8gen motherboard ? Also ryzen+ coming next month but it probably won't fit to my budget knowing that ryzen first was more expensive at release so ryzen+ probably be same.

So my plan is r5 1600 and maybe in future zen2 or idk how it's named but I mean the last gen that am4 support.
I'm student now so every dollar ( I'm using euro but dollar sounds better ) is important for me since I don't have full time job.So I want to spend money wisely.

Main question is r5 1600 enought for 1080p 60fps for like 2-3years ? Btw I'm using gtx 1050 until I find good deal but anyway I won't planning getting something high end like 1070 or 1080 , for example 1060 is max for me I guess but I probably wait for next gen cards.

[stealth80]

Wait a few more weeks for Zen+

[SquintyG33Rs]

you'll be fine either way. the ryzen option is better for your wallet and they both perform almost the same once you've overclocked (multicore enhancements on for the i5).

 

but to be fair i wouldn't rule out the 1500 or 1500X they're not as bad as you think. but it's waht evre

[SquintyG33Rs]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

Wait a few more weeks for Zen+

i wouldn't wait. there will be a delay between reveal and release date and it's for a 200MHz improvement. we don't even know how they OC compared to the current chips

[Tomas58]

15 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

Wait a few more weeks for Zen+

But is it worth? I mean if the price be same as 1600 now( talking about 2600), then yea I can wait but it probably won't cost same so it won't fit to my budget and for extra cost I probably won't get very big boost compared to 1600

[SliceT]

I mean, the cheapest Z370 like the PRO is only 30-40$ more than a OK B350 for the Ryzen.

I would rather spend the money and have better gaming performance.

[Tomas58]

45 minutes ago, SliceT said:

I mean, the cheapest Z370 like the PRO is only 30-40$ more than a OK B350 for the Ryzen.

I would rather spend the money and have better gaming performance.

Yea I know it will cost like 40€ more.But I'm not aiming for highest fps, I guess I won't see any difference in fps if I get stable 60fps ( yea with intel probably get more fps but I won't notice it if my gameplay is stable and I'm only using 60hz monitor ) , but anyway Z370 not worth with locked CPU.. better to wait for budget mobos but I already waited long for them and idk why but I'm leaning towards AMD.Btw will current Z370 and upcoming budget motherboards support next gen Intel CPU's ? Or it's not announced ?